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Summer Aliyah Season Launches with First Aliyah Flight Carrying 232 New Olim on July 6th |
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July 4, 2010 / 22 Tammuz 5770
| WHO: |
232 North American Olim, including 96 children and 27 new IDF soldiers. Among the dignitaries expected at the ceremony:
- Director of the Department for Policy Implementation of Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, Michal Frank
- Chief Executive Officer of the JNF, Russell Robinson
- Shlichat Aliyah to the Conservative Movement for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Naomi Freedman
- Co-Founders of Nefesh B'Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass & Tony Gelbart
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| WHAT: |
First special Jumbo El Al flight of summer 2010. This summer 3,000 Olim will be arriving on Aliyah flights, as part of the collaborative venture of Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Family and friends around the world will be able to watch a live feed of the Olim landing in Israel and follow the welcoming ceremony on a dedicated online webcast at: www.nbn.org.il/live |
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 12:30pm – (Registration required) Advance registration is essential. |
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JFK International Airport, Terminal 4, ELAL check-in area |
| UPCOMING ALIYAH FLIGHTS: |
August 2nd & August 18th |
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PRESS REGISTRATION: Dena Wimpfheimer 201-645-4134 / dena@nbn.org.il
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For further information contact: Michael Jankelowitz, Liaison to the Foreign Press, Jewish Agency for Israel Mobile: +972-52-6130220; Voice-mail: +972-2-620-2780 michaelj@jafi.org website: www.jewishagency.org
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